N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 292
Legislative intent
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Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2015
§ 292. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature, by\nthe enactment of this article, to establish a separate retirement system\nfor policemen and firemen and to transfer thereto all policemen and\nfiremen who, on the effective date of such article, are members of the\nNew York state employees' retirement system, and all other persons who\nare members of such system and contributing pursuant to the provisions\nof sections eighty-one to eighty-seven, inclusive, of this chapter,\nimmediately prior to the effective date of this article, together with\nsuch rights, benefits, privileges, obligations and duties enjoyed by or\napplicable to such policemen, firemen and other persons as members of\nthe employees' retirement system.\n
§ 292. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature, by the\nenactment of this article, to establish a separate retirement system for\npolice officers and firefighters and to transfer thereto all police\nofficers and firefighters who, on the effective date of such article,\nare members of the New York state and local employees' retirement\nsystem, and all other persons who are members of such system and\ncontributing pursuant to the provisions of sections eighty-one through\neighty-seven, inclusive, of this chapter, immediately prior to the\neffective date of this article, together with such rights, benefits,\nprivileges, obligations and duties enjoyed by or applicable to such\npolice officers, firefighters and other persons as members of the\nemployees' retirement system.\n
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.